To require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires immigration-status documents mailed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to include a Postal Service tracking or accountability feature.
Who Benefits and How
Immigrants and other recipients of status documents could gain better visibility into the delivery of important mailed documents.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Homeland Security would need to modify mailing procedures, and mailed documents could incur additional tracking-related costs.
Key Provisions
- Directs DHS to require trackable accountability measures for certain immigration-status documents sent by mail.
- Allows the accountability measure to be either a tracking number or a signature requirement.
- Requires implementing rules within 180 days.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires immigration-status documents mailed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to include a Postal Service tracking or accountability feature.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires immigration-status documents mailed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to include a Postal Service tracking or accountability feature.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Recipients of mailed immigration-status documents
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Homeland Security and USCIS mailing operations subject to the new requirement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
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Department of Homeland Security and USCIS mailing operations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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